Condoms made by Chinese companies are too small for men in Zimbabwe, according to the country’s Health Minister David Parirenyatwa.
Ms Parirenyatwa urged local companies to produce condoms that are suitable for their fellow countrymen in a bid to raise the public awareness of HIV, according to news site New Zimbabwe.
‘We import condoms from China and some men complain that they are too small,’ Ms Parirenyatwa was quoted saying during a recent event in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.
Condoms from China have been deemed too small by men in Zimbabwe, said an official
Zimbabwe’s Health Minister made the remarks at the launch of the Zimbabwe Private Sector HIV/AIDS and Wellness Coordination Board on February 20.
He said: ‘The youths now have a particular condom that they like but we don’t manufacture them.
By encouraging the localisation of condom manufacture, Ms Parirenyatwa hoped to raise the public awareness of preventing HIV among the citizens.
The southern part of Africa, where Zimbabwe is situated, has the highest HIV prevalence rate in the world.
More than 10 per cent of Zimbabwe’s population live with HIV. As of 2016, 1.3 million of its citizens were infected with the virus.
David Parirenyatwa, Zimbabwe’s Health Minister, made the remarks in Harare last month. Mr Parirenyatwa (right) is pictured with United States ambassador Christopher Dell in 2007
According to an interactive map produced in 2016, the average length of an erected penis measures 16.10-17.9 centimetres (6.3-7 inches) in some African countries, such as Ghana, Gabon and Nigeria.
The same study found in East Asia, such as South Korea, the measurement ranged between 9.30-10.5 centimetres (3.7-4 inches).
In 2013, another African country, Ghana, had to impound more than one million condoms imported from China because the contraceptives were said to be too small and not adequately lubricated.